crayfish
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"About a third of crayfish are thought to be threatened or endangered, but for another 20-ish percent, we don't have the data available to even assess what their conservation status should be."
From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2024
As with humans, crayfish and capybaras, if you look you’ll find the biochemical markers of the poor bees’ cognitive change.
From Salon • Jul. 14, 2024
But there is also a lot we don’t know, including about decapod crustaceans such as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, and shrimp.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2024
“Fish and river crayfish passing through Utrecht have been given their own doorbell, so they can continue the trek to their spawning grounds without having to wait too long,” read one report.
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2024
The stew that was served at lunch had too much crayfish; Kainene would not have liked it and she would have leaned toward him and said so.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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